Northampton Saints v Newcastle Red Bulls — Premiership Rugby
Premiership Rugby · Round 1
Franklin's Gardens, Northampton
Saints
2nd in Premiership
· UTC
59
26
Full-time
1st half 31–142nd half 28–12
Newcastle
9th in Premiership
Saints scorers:
Tries Pater 4′, Pater 15′, Hendy 23′, Freeman 25′, Coles 40′, Freeman 49′, Freeman 62′, Sleightholme 74′, Pater 77′
Cons Smith 5′, Smith 23′, Smith 40+1′, Smith 50′, Smith 63′, Belleau 74′, Belleau 78′
Newcastle scorers:
Tries Wade 12′, Wade 38′, Jordan 58′, Kok 80′
Cons Connon 13′, Henry 39′, Henry 59′
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Match info
Kick-off, venue, form and the table.
Kick-off
· UTC
- UK & Ireland (BST)
- Fri 19:45
- South Africa (SAST)
- Fri 20:45
- Sydney (AEST)
- Sat 04:45
- New Zealand (NZST)
- Sat 06:45
Venue
Franklin's Gardens, Northampton
Form and season so far
Newcastle
9th · 4 pts
LWLLL- Pts / game
- 24.3
- PD
- −44
- Won
- 0 of 3
Season figures: Premiership Rugby table.
Premiership Rugby table
| Position | Team | Points difference | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gloucester Rugby, your team | +62 | 12 |
| 2 | Northampton Saints, your team | +41 | 11 |
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| 8 | Exeter Chiefs, your team | −21 | 8 |
| 9 | NewCastle RedBulls, your team | −44 | 4 |
Scoring timeline
Final · newest first
- Full-time59–26
- 80′ Try Newcastle: Werner Kok Try 59–26
- 78′ Conversion Saints: Anthony Belleau Conversion 59–21
- 77′ Try Saints: James Pater Try 57–21
- 74′ Conversion Saints: Anthony Belleau Conversion 52–21
- 74′ Try Saints: Ollie Sleightholme Try 50–21
- 73′ Replacement Saints: Ollie Sleightholme On for Tommy Freeman
- 73′ Replacement Saints: Josh Taylor On for Josh Kemeny
- 73′ Replacement Saints: Anthony Belleau On for Fin Smith
- 65′ Replacement Newcastle: Ollie Leatherbarrow On for Tom Christie
- 63′ Conversion Saints: Fin Smith Conversion 45–21
- 62′ Try Saints: Tommy Freeman Try 43–21
- 59′ Conversion Newcastle: Zack Henry Conversion 38–21
- 58′ Try Newcastle: Cameron Jordan Try 38–19
- 57′ Replacement Newcastle: James Harper On for Elliot Millar-Mills
- 57′ Replacement Newcastle: Ollie Fletcher On for George McGuigan
- 57′ Replacement Saints: Danilo Fischetti On for Emmanuel Iyogun
- 57′ Replacement Saints: Ion Neculai On for Cleopas Kundiona
- 56′ Replacement Saints: Alex Mitchell On for Archie McParland
- 56′ Replacement Saints: Tom Lockett On for Alex Coles
- 56′ Replacement Saints: Robbie Smith On for Curtis Langdon
- 54′ Replacement Newcastle: Simon Benitez Cruz On for James Elliott
- 50′ Conversion Saints: Fin Smith Conversion 38–14
- 50′ Replacement Newcastle: Hoskins Sotutu On for Sam Graham
- 49′ Try Saints: Tommy Freeman Try 36–14
- 45′ Replacement Newcastle: Franco Molina On for Oscar Usher
- 45′ Replacement Newcastle: Tom West On for Max Hicks
- 43′ Yellow card Newcastle: Pouri Rakete-Stones Yellow card
- Half-time31–14
- 40+1′ Conversion Saints: Fin Smith Conversion 31–14
- 40′ Try Saints: Alex Coles Try 29–14
- 39′ Conversion Newcastle: Zack Henry Conversion 24–14
- 38′ Try Newcastle: Christian Wade Try 24–12
- 26′ Replacement Newcastle: Zack Henry On for Brett Connon
- 25′ Try Saints: Tommy Freeman Try 24–7
- 23′ Conversion Saints: Fin Smith Conversion 19–7
- 23′ Try Saints: George Hendy Try 17–7
- 15′ Try Saints: James Pater Try 12–7
- 15′ Yellow card Newcastle: Harrison Obatoyinbo Yellow card
- 13′ Conversion Newcastle: Brett Connon Conversion 7–7
- 12′ Try Newcastle: Christian Wade Try 7–5
- 5′ Conversion Saints: Fin Smith Conversion 7–0
- 4′ Try Saints: James Pater Try 5–0
TRY 5 ptsCON 2PEN 3YC yellow card (10 min)RC red cardSUB replacement
Line-ups
Saints
Coach: Phil Dowson- 1 Emmanuel Iyogun Prop
- 2 Curtis Langdon Hooker
- 3 Cleopas Kundiona Prop
- 4 Alex Coles Lock
- 5 Ed Prowse Lock
- 6 Josh Kemeny Flanker
- 7 Henry Pollock Flanker
- 8 Callum Chick No. 8
- 9 Archie McParland Scrum-half
- 10 Fin Smith Fly-half
- 11 George Hendy Wing
- 12 Fraser Dingwall (captain) Centre
- 13 Rory Hutchinson Centre
- 14 Tommy Freeman Wing
- 15 James Pater Full-back
Replacements
- 16 Robbie Smith on at 56′
- 17 Danilo Fischetti on at 57′
- 18 Ion Neculai on at 57′
- 19 Tom Lockett on at 56′
- 20 Josh Taylor on at 73′
- 21 Alex Mitchell on at 56′
- 22 Anthony Belleau on at 73′
- 23 Ollie Sleightholme on at 73′
Newcastle
- 1 Pouri Rakete-Stones Prop
- 2 George McGuigan Hooker
- 3 Elliot Millar-Mills Prop
- 4 Oscar Usher Lock
- 5 Cameron Jordan Lock
- 6 Max Hicks Flanker
- 7 Tom Christie (captain) Flanker
- 8 Sam Graham No. 8
- 9 James Elliott Scrum-half
- 10 Brett Connon Fly-half
- 11 Werner Kok Wing
- 12 Chris Harris Centre
- 13 Alex Hearle Centre
- 14 Christian Wade Wing
- 15 Harrison Obatoyinbo Full-back
Replacements
- 16 Ollie Fletcher on at 57′
- 17 Tom West on at 45′
- 18 James Harper on at 57′
- 19 Franco Molina on at 45′
- 20 Ollie Leatherbarrow on at 65′
- 21 Simon Benitez Cruz on at 54′
- 22 Zack Henry on at 26′
- 23 Hoskins Sotutu on at 50′
Match stats · full-time
Possession: Saints 51%, Newcastle 49%
Carries: Saints 116, Newcastle 97
Metres made: Saints 717, Newcastle 431
Line breaks: Saints 18, Newcastle 6
Tackles made: Saints 161, Newcastle 102
Tackles missed: Saints 16, Newcastle 26
Turnovers won: Saints 5, Newcastle 1
Lineouts won: Saints 9/11, Newcastle 6/8
Scrums won: Saints 11/11, Newcastle 6/6
Penalties conceded: Saints 9, Newcastle 9
Yellow cards: Saints 0, Newcastle 2
Red cards: Saints 0, Newcastle 0
Passes: Saints 185, Newcastle 133
Tries: Saints 9, Newcastle 4
Try assists: Saints 7, Newcastle 2
Conversions: Saints 7, Newcastle 3
Penalty goals: Saints 0, Newcastle 0
Drop goals: Saints 0, Newcastle 0
Turnovers: Saints 12, Newcastle 16
Offloads: Saints 16, Newcastle 9
The leading value in each row is bold. Bars are relative to the combined total.
Head-to-head
- Saints wins
- 3
- Draws
- 0
- Newcastle wins
- 1
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